In the Studio Ghibli anime
My Neighbor Totoro*, there is a scene in which the family moves into their new house and finds the attic crawling with soot sprites. This is kind of like that, but WITH SPIDERS.
On popular Japanese blogs like
My Game News Flash, the below video is reminding people of that famous scene in Totoro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npLPkvpNkVA
And suddenly, Ghibliās soot sprites are downright terrifying.
*The soot sprites also appear in Spirited Away. And now, my nightmares.
Top photo: JinnyHinkle
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